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Jason who? Take That celebrate their number one album(Picture: Matt Crossick/PA Wire)

Some people baulked at the idea that Take That could carry on without one quarter of the group. But who’s had the last laugh, eh?

The man-band have scored their sixth number one album with III, selling 145,000 copies in just a week. That’s 38,000 more than Ed Sheeran’s X, which was their closest competitor, according to the Official Charts Company. In other words, they’ve pretty much smashed it out of the park.

The album is their first minus Jason Orange, who decided to leave the band in September.

Regretting that decision yet, Jase?

So despite the guys facing backlash from die-hard fans at carrying on without one of their founding members, they’ve proven definitely still cut it.